Yes, there’s a presidential debate tonight. Meh.
ARGENTINA
Argentina plans eurobond
Probe into Nisman’s death will go to federal courts
En su testimonio, afirmó que se dio una orden ilegal a Migraciones para saber sus movimientos, reveló el dueño de un teléfono clave y vinculó a Aníbal Fernandéz.
Argentina Seeks To Export Its Human Rights Policy
BOLIVIA
“Narcos”. Artículo completo de Veja sobre Evo y Álvaro – Evo Morales and his vice-president Álvaro García Linera, investigated by the DEA.
Give it up, Evo: Bolivia’s Morales accuses Chile of restricting access to ports
BRAZIL
Brazil’s Supreme Court Gives OK to Open Probe of New President Temer
Judge approves preliminary investigation, which is based on plea-bargain testimony by a key witness that implicates President Michel Temer, other PMDB members
CHILE
CIA found ‘convincing evidence’ Chilean dictator was behind 1976 D.C. attack
The latest revelations about the Cold War-era case come on the 40th anniversary of the assassination of Orlando Letelier, a leading opponent of the Pinochet regime and onetime Chilean foreign minister, and his think-tank colleague, Ronni Moffitt, in a car bomb on D.C.’s Embassy Row.
COLOMBIA
“The FARC’s abortionist confessed to [performing] 400+ abortions on abused girls. Is there pardon, justice, and reparation?”
El abortista de las Farc confesó más de 400 abortos practicados a niñas abusadas. ¿Hay perdón, justicia y reparación? #Villavicencio pic.twitter.com/Wt4xuMt3ny
— Óscar Iván Zuluaga (@OIZuluaga) September 22, 2016
CUBA
How Kim (DPRK) and Castro (Cuba) Blackmail Abe (Japan)
Nearly on a monthly basis, some senior North Korean is on a “working visit” to Cuba. Or some senior Cuban regime official is on a “working visit” to North Korea.
With the exception of China, there’s no other nation in the world that North Korean officials visit with such frequency.
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
Dominican Republic’s Former Anti-Drug Chief Sentenced to 20 Years
ECUADOR
Ecuadorian Police Oust Dozens of Cubans Demanding Visas from Quito Park
IMMIGRATION
HILLARY: THE THIRD WORLD HAS A “RIGHT” TO MOVE TO THE UNITED STATES. No, they don’t.
JAMAICA
American says he wants to protect Jamaica’s natural ganja
MEXICO
Priest Killings Highlight Mexico Govt’s Credibility Problem
NICARAGUA
Nicaragua rejects U.S. bill for loans with strings attached (emphasis added)
Nicaragua on Thursday criticized a proposal by U.S. lawmakers that would require the Central American country, which will hold elections in November, to make political changes in order to receive international loans.
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The Nicaraguan government was responding to the Nicaraguan Investment Conditionality Act, a bill passed by the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday. A version was introduced by Senator Ted Cruz in the U.S. Senate earlier this month.The bill proposes blocking Nicaragua from obtaining loans from international financial institutions unless the country “is taking effective steps to hold free, fair, and transparent elections.”
On Nov. 6, Nicaraguans will vote for president and 90 members of the National Assembly.
President Daniel Ortega is the favorite as he seeks his third consecutive term.
PANAMA
Smithsonian opens climate change lab in Panama
PARAGUAY
Polka lessons
Budgets have been roughly in balance and public debt is low. The central bank aims for an inflation rate of 4.5% and usually gets close. Commercial banks are healthy (in part because they charge high interest rates and face little competition). Regulation, like the tax code, is business-friendly. Independent trade unions, suppressed under Stroessner, are weak.
PERU
Peru President Says Unasur Unable to Resolve Venezuela Crisis
PUERTO RICO
Where were you when the lights went out? The Puerto Rico blackout, from space
URUGUAY
More on Abu Wa’el Dhiab: Uruguay says ex-Gitmo detainee demands exceed government
“The Uruguayan government is doing everything possible,” Vazquez said. “But as I’ve said in the past: If the countries where the Syrian citizen wants to go don’t take him, we can’t do anything about it.”
VENEZUELA
Military and Police Corruption: Venezuela’s Growing Evil
